The Need for
Balanced Reform

Abusive patent litigation creates a heavy burden for companies across the US economy — slowing innovation, undermining competitiveness and stunting economic growth. The problem demands targeted legislative solutions that balance the scales in the legal system to make life harder for bad actors and better for innovators.

BSA recommends four principles for effective patent reform:

1. Litigation abuses are the problem, not
patents.

2. The solution is to deter bad actors by
reducing the skewed incentives in the
legal system that make opportunistic
litigation an attractive business model.

3. The law should provide the same
incentives for all inventors;
discriminating against certain types of
technology innovation would undermine US competitiveness.

4. Improving patent quality is critical, and
USPTO cannot do its vital part without
adequate resources.